Arguing for Independence: Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues (Viewpoints)

by Stephen Maxwell

Professor Owen Dudley Edwards (Foreword) and Reader in History Owen Dudley Edwards (Foreword)

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Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability and plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity not certainty in individual areas, this book offers a case for independence under six main headings - the democratic case, the economic case, the social case, the international case, the cultural case and the environmental case. Under each heading, the case is assessed against both the supportive evidence and the hostile evidence, from a variety of sources, concluding with a judgement of where the balance of the evidence points. The book concludes with a selection of populist objections to independence answered by summary rebuttals from the independence file.

  • ISBN10 1909912018
  • ISBN13 9781909912014
  • Publish Date 27 January 2014 (first published 1 September 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Luath Press Ltd
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 192
  • Language English